St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-15
DEMANDS An APOLOGY.
The City Council Condemns the Tribune
Insult in Round Terms.
A RETRACTION MUST COME.
No Party Feeling in the Sound Berat-
ing Given a Beastly
Paper.


fetal action in resenting the insult Of
fered by the Tribune to the president
and Mrs. Cleveland. But seven of the
Republican aldermen voted against the
sensible and very moderate resolutions
offered. aud each one took pains to ex-
plain that they repudiated the Senti-
ment of the editorial and regarded its
publication as an outrage. They, how
ever. did not care TO 60 on record as Of
ficially denouncing the organ which is
supposed to represent their party, and
seized upon the demonstration of Thurs
day night as preteXt for relieving
them from a somewhat embarrassing
position. Just why the irresponsible
act of a crowd composed of both Demo-
Gratis and Republicans should affect the
actions of the council in protecting the
cltyS honor is not exactly apparent.
Immediately after the calling of the
roll the regular order of busines was
suspended and Aid. Cooley, who had
served as member of the committee OH
reception, arose to a question of priv
ilege, saying:
wishfto call the attention of the council
officially to an article which appeared in the
Minneapolis Tribune, the official paper of
the city. Oct. II.
The alderman then read the editorial
HS".iSu oll- anu MIS-. NlSNeldHu do
Mere People, in which both the preSi-
dent and his wife were so brutally in-
suited, and then went on to say:
Grover Cleveland and his wife were in
yited by this council TO visit Minneapolis.
They were royalty received and Hospitality
entertained. all classes of people joining in
the welcome and recognition extended the
Il al who was elected president by the ma
jority of the people and the lady whom we
all are glad to honor. 1t is with regret that
refer TO the fact that there was one man in
the city so lost 10 all instincts of decency as
TO cowardly insult and stab i'll the back our
honored guests while the cheers of the peo-
pie were almost ringing in his ears. ask
the council TO set the seal of its condemna
ton upon the cowardly insult by the adop-
uon OF the following resolutions:
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas. His excellency, Grover Cleve
land president of the United States, and
Mrs. Cleveland did by invitation of this body
visit the city or Minneapolis Tuesday. Oct IL.
1887, and were enthusiastically received and
honored by our citizens without regard to
party: and.
Whereas. We. the members of the common
council, have learned with a feeling of shame
and modification that the official paper of
this city caused to be published Immediately
after the departure Of our honored guests an
unwarranted and outrageous insult toward
the chief magistrate of the nation, and espec-
tally toward his wife, lady whom all Ameri
cans delight to honor: and.
Whereas. We deem it our duty to take Off
cial notice of this act, to the end that the
coWardly aspersIonS cast upon the character
and fair name of our guests may be justly re-
pudiated:
Therefore. Be it resolved by the city coun-
ell of the city of Minneapolis, that we do
hereby condemn the action of the MinneapO-
lis Tribune in the publication of its hEel0us
and insulting editorial article of Oct. -,
1887, and demand an apology and suitable
Yetraction.
Aid. ClOutier warmly seconded the
motion. saying: Il hope the vote will be
unanimous in favor of the resolutions.
This is the proper place and time. and
1t is duty we owe to ourselves and the
city" The calling of the roll followed.
OF the thirty-fOur aldermen present
twenty-siX voted in the affirmative and
seven in the negative. Each of the lat
ter took occasion to explain his vote.
Aid. BarrOws said he did not feel like
voting.
No one regrets. he said, the production
of the article more than myself. 1t has been
very generally condemned already. If it had
not been for that effigy affair last night /
should vote for the resolutions. AS it is |
ask to be excused.
Aid. Cloutier-Let 1t be aye or nay.
Aid. l Herault-I object TO any one being
excused. go. |.5 :
Aid. Cooley-It was intended by the citi-
zens, and especially by council. that the re-
ception of the president should be by no
means party affair. 1t was thought the in
suit should be resented i'll the same way by
both Democrats and Republicans For this
reason asked the Democratic aldermen to
hold back the resolutions they had prepared
that |. as a Republican, might introduce
these have offered.
Aid. BaTowS-I vote no.
When Aid. Clark'S name was called
he also asked to be excused. saying:
am much of the same opinion as Aid
Barrow ] do not justify the editorial. but
don't see how the proposed action of the
council is going to help matters. | would
like to be excused. but vote aye.
Aid Clough-1 would like to be excused
also. | cannot see as the council has any
thing to do with the matter. l think the af-
fair of last night worse than the article if
Aid. Cooley-f a gentleman and lady
should become your guests you would kick
any one who nsulted them out of your house.
wouldn't you: The president and his wife
were the guests of the city, and citizen has
insulted them. Its parallel case.
Aid. ClOugh-We might as well drop the
matter right here. Our action will not help
il a mite.
Aid. McArdle-We can at least show that
we resent the insult.
aid. Cole. the silent man of the Tenth
ward. was the next one to vote no, with
the remark:
That article was an insult and an outrage.
and these resolutions are insulting and out
rageous.
Aid. Davis. perhaps the most radical
Republican in the council, voted for the
resolutions. He said
regret that article deeply, and consider it
outrageous. Two wrongs don't make right
| don't care a cent if they did burn Mr.
Blethen in etiigy. wouldn't care a cent If
they had hung him, so far as my action in
this council is concerned.
Aid. Lawrence-I regard the article as un-
called Tor and ungentlemanly. The affair of
last night, conducted by band of hoodlums
led by the mayor of the city, was even worse.
I'd like to be excused.
Aid. l. 'Herault-It is our duty to place our
selves on recordion this:matter. Every one
should place himself on record as to whether
he approves or disapproves of the insult to the
president. The affair of last night has moth
ing to do with the question. l vote aye, as
an American citizen.
Aid. Mills-It is duty we owe as repre-
sentatives of the city of Minneapolis TO sup
port these resolutions. 1t is not what has
been said, but tits stain and a blot upon the
fair fame of the city to have our leading local
paper, the official paper, too-and am sorry
should be man at its head who blackens
and besmirches every one who stands in his
way. This is fruit for ST Paul. 1t has gone
broadcast over the country. 1t was not
NrONer NieFelanu. Dut the president OF the
United States who has been insulted in Min
neapolis.
Aid. Muldoon called for another read
ing of the resolutions and voted aye.
Aid. Parker asked to be excused and
then voted no. Aid. Stoneman voted
no, saying he regarded the article as
cOntemptible and uncalled for, but
after the affair of Thursday night he
could not support the resolutions. Aid.
SWensen voted no without remark.
Aid. IIanscom-Where does the informa-
ton come from that the mayor led mob, Id
like TO know?
y Noice-FrOm the Tribune of course
Aid. ClOugh-l got the information / pos
sess in regard to the matter from the GLOBE.
The clerk then announced the vote
stood 26 to in favor of the resolution.
Aid. Gibson and E. NJ. johnson. who